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Step 6: Adding Support for a Testing Dashboard
==============================================
Adding support for submitting our test results to a dashboard is simple. We
already defined a number of tests for our project in
:ref:`Testing Support <Tutorial Testing Support>`. Now we just have to run
those tests and submit them to CDash.
Exercise 1 - Send Results to a Testing Dashboard
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Goal
----
Display our CTest results with CDash.
Helpful Resources
-----------------
* :manual:`ctest(1)`
* :command:`include`
* :module:`CTest`
Files to Edit
-------------
* ``CMakeLists.txt``
Getting Started
---------------
For this exercise, complete ``TODO 1`` in the top-level ``CMakeLists.txt`` by
including the :module:`CTest` module. This will enable testing with CTest as
well as dashboard submissions to CDash, so we can safely remove the call to
:command:`enable_testing`.
We will also need to acquire a ``CTestConfig.cmake`` file to be placed in the
top-level directory. When run, the :manual:`ctest <ctest(1)>` executable will
read this file to gather information about the testing dashboard. It contains:
* The project name
* The project "Nightly" start time
* The time when a 24 hour "day" starts for this project.
* The URL of the CDash instance where the submission's generated documents
will be sent
For this tutorial, a public dashboard server is used and its corresponding
``CTestConfig.cmake`` file is provided for you in this step's root directory.
In practice, this file would be downloaded from a project's ``Settings`` page
on the CDash instance intended to host the test results. Once downloaded from
CDash, the file should not be modified locally.
.. literalinclude:: Step7/CTestConfig.cmake
:caption: CTestConfig.cmake
:name: CTestConfig.cmake
:language: cmake
Build and Run
-------------
Note that as part of the CDash submission some information about your
development system (e.g. site name or full pathnames) may displayed publicly.
To create a simple test dashboard, run the :manual:`cmake <cmake(1)>`
executable or the :manual:`cmake-gui <cmake-gui(1)>` to configure the project
but do not build it yet. Instead, navigate to the build directory and run:
.. code-block:: console
ctest [-VV] -D Experimental
Remember, for multi-config generators (e.g. Visual Studio), the configuration
type must be specified:
.. code-block:: console
ctest [-VV] -C Debug -D Experimental
Or, from an IDE, build the ``Experimental`` target.
The :manual:`ctest <ctest(1)>` executable will build the project, run any
tests, and submit the results to Kitware's public dashboard:
https://my.cdash.org/index.php?project=CMakeTutorial.
Solution
--------
The only CMake code changed needed in this step was to enable dashboard
submissions to CDash by including the :module:`CTest` module in our top-level
``CMakeLists.txt``:
.. raw:: html
<details><summary>TODO 1: Click to show/hide answer</summary>
.. literalinclude:: Step7/CMakeLists.txt
:caption: TODO 1: CMakeLists.txt
:name: CMakeLists.txt-include-CTest
:language: cmake
:start-after: # enable testing
:end-before: # does the application run
.. raw:: html
</details>